Discovery Channel (French TV channel)
| Country | United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | France Switzerland Belgium Luxembourg Monaco French Speaking Africa Lebanon Overseas France Haiti |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | French |
| Picture format | 16:9 1080i (HDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA |
| Sister channels | Cartoon Network Cartoonito TCM Cinéma Warner TV TLC Warner TV Next Discovery Investigation Boomerang |
| History | |
| Launched | 1 August 2004 |
| Links | |
| Website | discoverychannel.fr |
Discovery Channel is a French channel that was launched on 1 September 2004. Until then, France had been the only region in Western Europe not reached by the Discovery Channel. It initially reached 3.2 million subscribers via the CanalSat platform. On 31 March 2009, the channel adopted the also known as a US channel.
The channel faces competition from other documentary channels such as Planète+ and National Geographic.
In December 2016, Altice acquired an exclusivity agreement with NBCUniversal and Discovery Networks. Discovery Channel and Science were removed from Canal on 17 January 2017, and French versions of Investigation Discovery and Discovery Family were launched exclusively on SFR.